THIS WEEK: Oscar Galindez wins the inaugural XTERRA Argentina Championship, Olivier Marceau returns to Saipan for the fourth consecutive season, we preview the third stop on the XTERRA South Africa Tour, remind athletes about the early bird special deadline and glance at the upcoming XTERRA TV listings.

THIS WEEK: The inaugural XTERRA Argentina Championship in Cordoba kicks off the 2007 Global Tour and hometown hero Oscar Galindez will be there to bring it in, plus highlights from the XTERRA Mission Gorge Trail Run and a spotlight on the Commonwealth Diabetes Coalition – the beneficiary for the upcoming Saipan Trail Run. UPCOMING RACES: 2/17 – XTERRA Argentina Championship (Cordoba)

THIS WEEK: We see how the XTERRA Trail Run Series is evolving from a collection of fun runs to a legit championship series culminating with prestigious national titles for adventure runners.

DON'T MISS THE XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ON CBS THIS SATURDAY, FEB. 3 @ 1pm EST (12 noon CDT, 11am MDT, 10am PST, 8am HST)

Rich Cruse/Xterra Humpty Dumpty had 3 great big falls. Pre-able:

Behold my lovely 2006 cycling kit. World Champion stripes on the sleeves and all. Thanks Carrie from Saucony for hours and hours (and hundreds of emails) spent on my nice kit. Also have a cool race kit. (Have been too fast for the cameras so far, will have to wait)